I've been offered a contract with a PS body and the agency advised the role was outside of IR35. I was skeptical of this and asked the agency for the details of this determination. The client has completed the online tool and the agency has forwarded onto me the results of the this and indeed the determination is that the intermediaries legislation does not apply to the role
So my thinking now is that for this gig I am completely bulletproof on the IR35 front ? If for some reason HMRC decided that this contract should be/have been within the scope of IR35 (eg the tool was filled in incorrectly by the client) the liability for the tax that should have been paid falls to the client as they made the determination via the tool that it was outside.
Therefore I am in a stronger position than any private sector contract could possibly be ? Or am I misunderstanding sthg here ?
So my thinking now is that for this gig I am completely bulletproof on the IR35 front ? If for some reason HMRC decided that this contract should be/have been within the scope of IR35 (eg the tool was filled in incorrectly by the client) the liability for the tax that should have been paid falls to the client as they made the determination via the tool that it was outside.
Therefore I am in a stronger position than any private sector contract could possibly be ? Or am I misunderstanding sthg here ?
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